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How antidepressants (and benzos) ruined my life: Luke Montagu. At the time, he was seeing Dr Mark Collins, a psychiatrist at the Priory Hospital in southwest London, whose patients had included Princess Margaret, Ruby Wax and the Marquess of Blandford.

How antidepressants (and benzos) ruined my life: Luke Montagu

“Dr Collins went to Eton; he was from a similar background. He seemed to be somebody I could trust,” Montagu says ruefully.On Collins’s advice, Montagu checked himself in to the Priory, where his clonazepam was taken away (he stayed on Effexor). “I thought I wouldn’t sleep for two or three nights, then I’d be so tired I’d crash out.

Magnesium for Depression: A Cure for Depression using Magnesium? NOTE: This comprehensive mental health page is 200 printed pages long and has many graphics.

Magnesium for Depression: A Cure for Depression using Magnesium?

It may load slowly. NOTE: This comprehensive mental health page is 200 printed pages long and has many graphics. It may load slowly. NPTMA.pdf. Evolutionary Psychiatry: Map. I'm not that great at tagging, and the number of posts is unwieldy, so I thought I would add a general map here.

Evolutionary Psychiatry: Map

The map by its nature will be a work in progress and not always fully updated. Some posts are included in the map more than once, and some not at all. Last updated thru the end of September 2011. Many posts have been updated and cleaned up for Psychology Today - so please be sure to check my blog over there. INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR DRUG AWARENESS. Benzo.org.uk : Benzodiazepines: How They Work & How to Withdraw, Prof C H Ashton DM, FRCP, 2002. Research Methyl-Guard® Product Information Maintaining a normal plasma homocysteine level has joined elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels as a leading concern for maintaining good cardiovascular health.* Plasma homocysteine levels are also associated with maintenance of bone, female reproductive, cognitive, and neurological health.* Numerous studies advocate the lowering of plasma homocysteine levels via nutritional supplementation.* A number of biochemical imbalances that can raise homocysteine levels can be addressed by supplementing with the appropriate nutrient cofactors.

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Maintaining normal homocysteine is important for good cognitive health.* A deficiency in homocysteine-metabolizing cofactors is commonly seen in the elderly, which can result in an increase in homocysteine levels with advancing age. My Zyprexa Withdrawal. Resources: Alternative Approaches to the Treatment of Manic-Depression. Home: Articles: Miscellaneous: Alternative Approaches Alternative Approaches to the Treatment of Manic-Depression By Lisa NOTE: Following is some general information about alternative approaches to the treatment of manic-depression, in response to a number of inquiries about the topic.

Resources: Alternative Approaches to the Treatment of Manic-Depression

This information will be periodically updated, and so all comments, additions, corrections and stories of personal experiences are highly welcomed! Most doctors who treat patients suffering from bipolar depression, as well as the patients themselves, would probably agree that it is a condition that is challenging to treat in a fully effective manner. This summary of information about alternative medicine is designed to help to address these problems by giving bipolars an additional tool they can use to control their illness.

Alternative methods to the management of bipolar disorder tend to work in one or more of three different ways. Depression - Igennus Healthcare Nutrition Omega 3 fish oil for depression – how Vegepa helps manage symptoms » Igennus Healthcare Nutrition. Introduction Whether you have only recently learned that you have depression or have been living with it for years, you’ll find information on here to keep you updated with developments in the treatment field, including medical research and health news.

Depression - Igennus Healthcare Nutrition Omega 3 fish oil for depression – how Vegepa helps manage symptoms » Igennus Healthcare Nutrition

Our ongoing dialogue with our customers enables us to keep providing you with information and support. One Man's Recovery from Depression Using Magnesium [Archive] Concerning research with magnesium in relation to depression, there are both some more recent and some older articles about it.

One Man's Recovery from Depression Using Magnesium [Archive]

Here are the abstracts from two recent ones: Med Hypotheses. 2006 Mar 14; [Epub ahead of print] Rapid recovery from major depression using magnesium treatment. Eby GA, Eby KL. George Eby Research, 14909-C Fitzhugh Road, Austin, TX 78736, United States. Major depression is a mood disorder characterized by a sense of inadequacy, despondency, decreased activity, pessimism, anhedonia and sadness where these symptoms severely disrupt and adversely affect the person's life, sometimes to such an extent that suicide is attempted or results. Psychiatr Pol. 2005 Sep-Oct;39(5):911-20. Alternative Mental Health. Zyprexa Pharmacokinetics - the Good, the Bad, & the Funny of these Crazy Meds. ‹ Consumer Reviews & Comments | ZyprexaPagesIndex | Mechanism/Methods of Action/How it Works › Crazymeds Comprehensive Zyprexa pages 1.

Zyprexa Pharmacokinetics - the Good, the Bad, & the Funny of these Crazy Meds

In a Nutshell Pharmacokinetics (PK)1 is what your body does to a drug, as well as what a drug does to your body in specific ways that usually don’t have much to do with most of the effects of most crazy meds. Unless you count side effects. Pharmacokinetics is a geek’s paradise. 2. The numbers here are known as “plasma clearance,” which is how long it takes until there is no significant amount of a drug in your blood. Half-life is the average time it takes for you to metabolize4 half of the drug’s active ingredient. Zyprexa - the Good, the Bad, & the Funny of these Crazy Meds. Zyprexa Index | Brand and Generic Availability › Everything on Two Big-Ass Pages 1.

Zyprexa - the Good, the Bad, & the Funny of these Crazy Meds

Brand & Generic Names; Drug Class 2.